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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Anim Behav Sci. 2015 Oct 1;171:184–191. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.08.005

Table 3.

Variables included in final model. Variables with positive beta (ß) estimates positively predict MSB, variables with negative beta estimates negatively predict MSB. Categorical variables all have a “referent” variable, the variable to which other levels of the variable are compared.

 Variable ß Estimate (SE) Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI p-value

Model: Motor stereotypic behavior (MSB) ~ rearing, sex, age, origin, response to novel
object, current pair, enrichment device
 Rearing
  Corral
  Shelter 0.55 (0.23) 0.10 1.00 < 0.05
  Indoor-group 1.60 (0.24) 1.12 2.07 < 0.001
  Indoor-mother 2.68 (0.18) 2.32 3.04 < 0.001
  Nursery 2.62 (0.23) 2.16 3.08 < 0.001
  Mix 1.22 (0.22) 0.80 1.65 < 0.001
  Acquired 0.45 (0.19) 0.08 0.81 < 0.05
 Sex
  Female
  Male 0.23 (0.13) −0.03 0.48 < 0.10
 Age in years (linear predictor) 0.05 (0.04) −0.03 0.12 0.23
 Age in years (quadratic predictor) −0.004 (.002) −0.01 0.00 < 0.05
 Origin
  Indian
  Chinese 0.40 (0.17) 0.07 0.73 < 0.05
 Response to novel object
  Inhibited
  Moderate 0.82 (0.25) 0.34 1.30 < 0.001
  Bold 1.00 (0.21) 0.60 1.41 < 0.001
 Enrichment device
  Absent
  Present −0.17 (0.08) −0.33 0.01 < 0.05
 Pairing status
  Full contact pair housed
  Protected contact housed 0.53 (0.15) 0.23 0.83 < 0.001
  Single housed 0.67 (0.11) 0.46 0.89 < 0.001